The "The King Of Rock n' Roll!" Story

It was an ordinary day.  Finishing reading my monthly magazine "REMIND."  I subscribed to the magazine a few years ago and should done so years before that.  "REMIND" is one of my favorite magazines that brings back so many memories of the music that ruled the world at one time in history.  In my latest February issue I found quite a few stories which I have shared with you in the past few weeks, but I have saved the best for last with my story today.  Story is about the "King of Rock n' Roll...Elvis "the Pelvis" Presley."  Story goes...originating from a blend of country, jazz and blues, rock 'n' roll was first born in the decade of the 1950s.  Most people who lived through that timespan can say without debate that Elvis Presley was the "King of Rock 'N Roll."  Elvis Presley was the first rock star.

It wasn't just the music, he was suave, he was swoon worthy, and he had the coolest style anyone had ever seen.  Between the hair, the way he moved and that guitar, Presley was almost singlehandedly responsible for the emergence of a new genre of music as well as rebel teen culture.  Elvis signed his first contract with RCA Reords in 1955 when I was 11 ears old, and made history with the 1956 song "Heartbreak Hotel," which soared to the top of the Billboard Top 100 charts for seven weeks and was later inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame for being one on the bestselling singles of its time.

Personal troubles would cause an early tragic death at the age of 42, and Elvis left behind one daughter, Lisa Marie Presley, who was briefly married to Michael Jackson and would carry on the family tradition by becoming a singer; her daughter Riley Keough is an actress best well know for playing the lead singer of the fictional '70s band in the 2023 show "Daisy Jones & the Six."  Performing must be in the blood!  It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy.